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British Wild Flowers

by Mrs Loudon

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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About This Item

LONDON: William Smith, 1846 A good to very good copy of the 1st edition in a newer half morocco binding with cobbled cloth sides, and small raised bands with gilt decoration and gilt titles in the compartments. With 60 hand coloured plates. The binding is in near fine condition with little wear. All page edges gilted. Marbled endpapers. Contents with 2 initial and final blanks, and half title with signature of Helen Tod 24 December 1846. Contents are complete with tissue guards to the plates and the original page marker which has become detached. Text pages have light toning towards the edges and occasional areas of spotting. Pages 70/71 have some text offsetting to text. The plates are beautifully coloured. Most have the odd spot in the top margin or side margin (less frequent); around 11 plates are clear; and a few have more pronounced spotting eg plate 24 and plate 60. The spotting can extend to the blank verso of the plate and there is some spotting to plate guards. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.

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Bookseller
E C Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
033288
Title
British Wild Flowers
Author
Mrs Loudon
Illustrator
Jane Loudon
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
N
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
William Smith
Place of Publication
LONDON
Date Published
1846
Size
4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Loudon; british wild flowers; fine hand coloured flower plates; victorian flower books
Bookseller catalogs
NATURAL HISTORY; Botany; Flowers;

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E C Books

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney

About E C Books

E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.

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Verso
The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Half Title
The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Raised Band(s)
Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Plate
Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...

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